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Sep 21, 2010 - HO Scale
ORDER DEADLINE ALERT - MTH Rolling Out HO Scale 'Baby" GE 4500HP Turbine Locomotives
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In the late 1940s, even as it was building diesels in partnership with Alco, General Electric was experimenting with ways to apply its aircraft jet engine technology to railroading. Its gas turbine electric (GTEL) was basically a diesel engine with a large turbine replacing the diesel as the prime mover. In a turbine, intake air is compressed by spinning turbine blades and fed into combustion chambers, where fuel is added and ignited, as in a jet engine. The hot exhaust gases spin the blades of another turbine that powers one or more generators, which produce electricity to power diesel-type traction motors. These 4500HP locomotives were called "Baby", but were still three times the horsepower of the diesels of the day. This release features both DCC Ready and DCC with Proto Sound 3.0.
Reservations Due By: September 30, 2010
Expected Release: January 2011 
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